THE LOVE THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME:

No "suicide" label on initiative (Richard Roesler, 3/02/08, The Spokesman-Review)

In a victory for Washington's proposed Death With Dignity initiative, a judge on Friday refused to add the words "physician-assisted suicide" to the ballot or official voters pamphlet description.

"It is a somewhat loaded term," said Thurston County Superior Court Judge Chris Wickham. He said it conjures up images of Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan physician who claimed to have helped more than 100 people die before being convicted of murder in one of the cases.

The need to lie to yourself gives away the game.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 2, 2008 5:43 PM